A Model of Civics and Civility, and a Mensch's Mensch
You may have seen and read in the news media about the passing of Judge Robert Katzmann, former chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. The tributes -- from judges, lawyers, academics, court officials, and journalists -- will be many. They will praise him as a judge, a legal scholar, a leader, and an educator with a passion for public education on civics. All of those tributes are true, and as many as there are can never capture Judge Katzmann's enorm